Life is not a mixture of matter and energy but energy in matter, bound in such a way that dissociation is impossible… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
“Also, look for “floating alters.” These are not deliberately created parts of the system, but alters that were accidentally split off at… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
The ordinary response to atrocities is to banish them from consciousness. Certain violations of the social compact are too terrible to utter… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“The behaviour of the human nervous system in certain altered states creates the illusion of dissociation from one’s body (less commonly understood… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
“No, my GP hadn’t ever heard of dissociative disorders and just wanted to prescribe medication, but I could still build a good,… — Carolyn Spring Copy Share Image
“Those with dissociative disorders face a big enough battle living as multiples and dealing with past trauma. Like everyone else, they deserve… — Carol Broad Copy Share Image
“You as a whole person are thus unable to reconcile conflicts about anger and learn to tolerate and express anger in healthy… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
If you want to know the real meaning of pornography, it is the utter dissociation of love and sex, the banishment of… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“Shamed and enraged, I sit by the side of the road and cry. Eclipsed by a sense of disgrace, my emotions feel… — Holly A. Smith Copy Share Image
“It appears that DDNOS is the intentional goal of these abusers, but DID sometimes results from a failure of programming. In DDNOS,… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“I feel something change in me... I feel a flat calm, a detachment, the way I get when something is too much… — Patricia Cornwell Copy Share Image
“When the Jo personality first told him of the diagnosis, he called MPD "clinical bullshit." Then, seeing Jo's stricken look, he softened… — Joan Frances Casey Copy Share Image
“You are no longer human, with all those depths and highs and nuances of emotion that define you as a person. There… — Jake Wood Copy Share Image
“Identity confusion is defined by the SCID-D as a subjective feeling of uncertainty, puzzlement, or conflict about one's own identity. Patients who… — Marlene Steinberg Copy Share Image
“When a client enters therapy with a prior diagnosis, it might be difficult for the therapist to think outside of the box… — Deborah Bray Haddock Copy Share Image
“I honestly didn't believe I could bear any more suffering. I was convinced that the child within me was just too young… — Suzie Burke Copy Share Image
“Some abusers organise themselves in groups to abuse children and other adults in a more formally ritualised way. Men and women in… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“It is necessary to make this point in answer to the 'iatrogenic' theory that the unveiling of repressed memories in MPD sufferers,… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“The programme into which Cheryl was inducted combined all the different ways the intelligence community had learned could cause intense psychological change… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“Chronic trauma (according to the meaning I propose) that occurs early in life has profound effects on personality development and can lead… — Elizabeth F. Howell Copy Share Image
“Secret ceremonies in which malevolent men and women cloaked in hooded robes, hiding behind painted faces and chanting demonic incantations while inflicting… — Judy Byington Copy Share Image
“Janna knew - Rikki knew — and I knew, too — that becoming Dr Cameron West wouldn't make me feel a damn… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
“As I feel less overwhelmed, my fear softens and begins to subside. I feel a flicker of hope, then a rolling wave… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“In a nutshell, the process they [abusers in a ritual abuse group] use on survivors is designed to: break the will and… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
“dissociating put me at higher risk for attacks in my neighborhood and at school, making me more easily identified by sexual predators” — Olga Trujillo Copy Share Image
“ You’re in shock. You can’t afford to be in shock. Two parts of himself were having a conversation. You were probably… — Jack Grimwood Copy Share Image
“My outsides are precise and unreliable. The illusion of self is increasingly purposeful. A sort of erasure. Inside of me, a flex.… — Kris Kidd Copy Share Image
“Punishments include such things as flashbacks, flooding of unbearable emotions, painful body memories, flooding of memories in which the survivor perpetrated against… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“I was dizzy in that room. I felt faint with disbelief. I held on to the seat of my chair to stay… — Sonali Deraniyagala Copy Share Image
“Nonattachment does not mean dissociation; it actually connotes connection and engagement with what is. Nonattachment does not prevent compassion; it sets up… — Michael Stone Copy Share Image
“With respect to the acceptance of dissociative disorders, as with most issues in life, it is counterproductive to spend time trying to… — Warwick Middleton Copy Share Image
“the reality of being here eludes me, I can’t focus, I am dazed. And I want to stay this way. If I… — Sonali Deraniyagala Copy Share Image
“This appears to be a mechanism of dissociation, and in this instance, it rendered my client amnesiac of my high regard for… — Pete Walker Copy Share Image
“Each alter personality had a common goal and raison d'etre, namely my survival. They didn't all realize that though, and so were… — Carolyn Bramhall Copy Share Image
“Dissociation, in a general sense, refers to a rigid separation of parts of experiences, including somatic experiences, consciousness, affects, perception, identity, and… — Elizabeth F. Howell Copy Share Image
“Civilized life today demands concentrated, directed conscious functioning, and this entails the risk of a considerable dissociation from the unconscious. The further… — C.G. Jung Copy Share Image
“I am truly crazy, I told myself. It's over. I am not fixable. I cannot tell Tom. I cannot even tell Francisco.… — Suzie Burke Copy Share Image
“As Lynn began getting psychologically better, she took me to a variety of sites. She taught me how to read trail markers.… — Lynn Hersha Copy Share Image
I think there will be a reaction - a reaction will set in against this communal dissociation. You know, man doesn't stand… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
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